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Republican-majority US House takes step toward vote on Biden impeachment inquiry
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives took a procedural step on Thursday toward voting to authorize their impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, an escalation ...
Dec 07, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Representative Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) attends a House Oversight Committee hearing on the border crisis on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 7, 2023. REUTERS/Michael A. McCoy/File Photo
Trump to appeal judge's rejection of immunity claim in 2020 election case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump indicated on Thursday that he would appeal a U.S. judge's ruling that the former president does not have immunity in the federal case accusing him of unlawful action...
Dec 07, 2023 Former U.S. President Donald Trump walks outside the courtroom during a break as he attends the Trump Organization civil fraud trial, in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., December 7, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo
Pekin to soon interview candidates to fill vacancy on city council
PEKIN, Ill. (25 News) - The Pekin City Council could be whole again next month. Mayor Mary Burress tells 25 News that eleven candidates have applied to fill the position that Becky Cloyd vacated last ...
Dec 07, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US House votes to censure Democrat Jamaal Bowman over fire alarm incident
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Thursday to censure Democratic Representative Jamaal Bowman for pulling a fire alarm while trying to use a locked exit in September as...
Dec 07, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Jamaal Bowman speaks at a watch party as he takes an early lead in the democratic primary for New York's 16th Congressional District in Yonkers, New York, U.S., June 23, 2020. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo
Arson cited as cause of Thursday morning fire at vacant house in South Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Fire says arson is being cited as the cause of a fire at a vacant home Thursday morning in South Peoria. Crews arrived at a house in the area of Laramie and Latrobe just after 8:...
Dec 07, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Trump shows up at NY civil trial as accountant testifies for defense
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump arrived at a New York court on Thursday to attend his ongoing civil fraud trial, where an accountant will testify to try to boost the former U.S. president's case that...
Dec 07, 2023 Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally at Ted Hendricks Stadium in Hialeah, Florida, U.S. November 8, 2023. REUTERS/Octavio Jones
US weekly jobless claims increase slightly
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits increased less than expected last week as the labor market continues to gradually slow amid cooling demand. I...
Dec 07, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A sign advertising job openings is seen outside of a Starbucks in Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S., May 26, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
Palestinians seek slivers of safety as Israel battles Hamas in south Gaza city
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel battled Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip's biggest cities on Thursday and said it had attacked dozens of targets, leaving Palestinians struggling to survive in a situ...
Dec 07, 2023 Palestinians inspect the site of Israeli strikes, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, December 6, 2023. REUTERS/Ahmed Zakot
Pearl Harbor remembrance planned on 82nd anniversary of attack
BEAVERTON, Ore. - 82 years after the events at Pearl Harbor, survivor Ira Schab remembers how he felt the day of the attack. "Scared stiff...and standing there, you don't know where to go, you don't k...
Dec 07, 2023 Bernard Spragg. NZ
'Blowhard,' 'fascist,' 'Voldemort': Attacks get personal at fourth Republican debate
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama (Reuters) - Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie called tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy "the most obnoxious blowhard in America." Ramaswamy said former U.S. Ambassador to th...
Dec 07, 2023 Republican presidential candidate and former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie speaks with reporters after the fourth Republican candidates' debate of the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign hosted by NewsNation at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, U.S. December 6, 2023. REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer
